Martin Schongauer

circa 1445 - 1491

The Death of the Virgin (Bartsch 33; Lehrs, Hollstein 16)

Engraving, circa 1470-74, a good impression of Lehrs’ third (final) state (Hollstein’s state IIa), with the horizontal scratch across the right foot of the kneeling St. P🌸hilip at lower left, printing more faintly at the upper left, on laid paper with a partially visible Gothic P watermark,ꦉ framed

sheet: 256 by 172mm 10 by 6 ¾in